Hose-supporter.



UNlTED STATES PATENT OFFIC REDDIN wrARRAMoRE, F new YORK, N. Y.

HOSE-SUPTPORTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 629,391, dated J' 25, 1899. Application filed March 1,18%. Serial No. 707,266. (No model) stocking-supporters of that class which are used in connection with corsets; and the object of the invention is to provide an improved construction especially designed tobe connected with a stud or clasp of the corset, thus dispensing with the use of safety-pins and other attaching devices, which have been found injurious to the corset, and enabling a tight-fitting skirt to be clasped around the corset without hindrance from the hose-supporter. f 7

Another object of the invention is to utilize the stocking-supporter as a means for reducing the prominence of the stomach, the supporter being connected with the corset at a point where the sections of the corset meet,

the pull on the supporter serving to keep the corset down in front. 7 v I A further object of the invention is to provide means which maybe used advantageously on corsets of large size and to construct'the entire device in a simple and inexpensive manner.

v out in the claims.

With th'eseends in view the invention consists in the novel construction, arrangement, and adaptation of pa'rts,which will be hereinafter-fully described,and particularly pointed To enable others skilled in the art to understand the invention, I haveillustrated the same in the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, and in which Figure 1 is a view illustrating the hose-supporter connected in operative relation to the clasp of a corset. Fig. 2' is an enlarged perspective view'of the hanger detached from the corset and from the tapes of the hose-supporter. .Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional view of the hanger. Fig. 4; is a detail view of the metallic hanger-piece. 1

Thesame numerals of-reference are used to designat'corresponding parts in each of the several figures of the drawings. p

The hanger 5 of the stocking-supporter of 1 my invention is a composite device consisting of a fabricbody Gand a metallic hanger-piece 7. This plate is stamped in a single piece from a metallic sheet, and it is curved or arched in order to provide a convex upper i edge, from which may extend the means by which the hanger may be connected with the stud at the lower end of'a corset-clasp. This hanger-pieceis formed with an elongated loop or eye 8, which extends from the center of the upper convex edge thereof, and at its ends the hanger-piece is enlarged to form the ears 9. The body of the hanger consists of two pieces of fabriclO, out to proper shape and dimensions,and a binding 11,which is stitched at 12 around the edges of the'fabric bodypieces. The metallic hanger-piece is fitted in between the pieces of fabric which form the body and in a position to have the central loop or eye 8 protrude beyondthe edges of 1 or applied to the layers of fabric and the parts are united together by the stitches. To confine the hanger-piece against displacement within thelayers of fabric,'a row of stitches ,the'body, after which the binding '11 is fitted unites the fabric layers together within theinnerconcave edge of said hanger-plate, as at 13. The lower straight edges of the layers of fabric forming the body are united by the straight rows of stitches l4, and the eyelets 15 are attached to the ears of the hanger and to the layers of fabric.

My stocking-supporter employs a'pair of suspension elastics or tapes 16, the upper ends of which are'fitted between thelayers of fabric forming the body, and said elastics or tapes are attached to the body by the.stitches 14,

which unite the lower edge of the fabric layers. The connecting tapes or elastics 17 are connected by the adjustable slides 18 to the suspension-elastics 16, so that the length of thesuspension devices may be varied in a manner wel'l'understood by those skilled in the art. The connecting tapes or elastics 17 are each provided with the attachingeclasps 19, by which the stocking may be attached to the support-er. I g V I .The hanger is adapted'to' be fitted to the lowermost stud of the series of studs forming a part of the clasp on an ordinary corset, and in Fig. l of the drawings this stud is indicated by the numeral 20.

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To use my improved hose-supporter, the eye or loop 8 of the hanger is fitted to the stud 20, after which the corset-clasp is closed over the eye or loop and connected to the stud, thereby attaching the hanger 5 to the corset in a manner to prevent the hanger from being disengaged accidentally from the corset. The slides 18 are adjusted properly on the suspension-elastics, and the clasps 19 are attached to the stockings.

The use of a supporter constructed in accordance with my invention entirely overcomes the necessity for attaching the supporting or suspension elastics 1b to the corset by means of safety-pins, clasps, or other devices, which have a tendency to injure the corset by pulling out of place and'tearing the fabric of the corset.

The improved supporter has a hanger which takes up but very little room at the point where it is attached to the corset, so that the hanger may be connected to the best advan (age to the clasp-stud, and at the same time the hanger is prevented by the corset-clasp from detachment accidentally from the cor- The improved hanger has a pliable fabric body which fits closely against the corset or the person, so that a tight-fitting skirt may be worn around the waist of the person.

The hanger forming the leading feature of my invention is simple in construction, and the metallic hanger-piece serves to strengthen and reinforce the fabric body of the hanger. The entire device is simple and cheap in construction, easy of use and application, and can be manufactured very cheaply.

The employment of the eyelets 15 in the hanger of my improved stocking-supporter enables the hanger to be connected to studs especially provided on a corset of large size -for the connection of the stocking-supporter to the corset, and at the same time these eyelets tend to strengthen the hanger, because they fasten the ends of the hanger-piece to the fabric body;

By reference to Fig. 1 it will be noted that the hanger is connected to the corset in a manner to lie outside of the overlapping section of the corset, and "th us the hanger is made to press the meeting edges of the corset-sec- .tions together to further insure the snug fitting of the parts.

When the device is in position, the, lower front end of the corset will be held close against the body, so that the skirt will fall gracefully from the waist of the wearer.

Although I have described that the metallic element of the hanger is made by stamping it from a piece of sheet metal, I do not strictly confine myself to this sheet-metal construction, because it is evident that the metallic element of the hanger may be made from a piece of wire which is bent to the proper shape. 7

front, thereby greatly reducing the promi-v nence of the stomach without causing any harmful results, as the pressure on the stomach is only when neededi. 6., when standing or walking.

Changes in the form, proportion, size, and the minor details of construction within the scope of the appended claims may be made by a skilled constructor without departing from the spirit or sacrificing the advantages of the invention.

Having thus fully described the invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A stocking-supporter consisting of the duplicate suspension tapes or elastics, and a single hanger to which the upper ends of the tapes or elastics are connected,'said hanger being provided with an eye or loop adapted to be detachably engaged with the stud of a corset-clasp, substantially as described.

2. A stocking-supporter consisting of the duplicate stocking engaged members, and means for permanently uniting the two members at their upper ends,said means beingin the form of a hanger-piece which is adapted to be engaged with the corset at the point Where the sections of the corset meet, substantially as described.

3. In a stocking-supporter, a means for connecting the suspension tapes or elastics to a corset consisting of a fabric body and a metallic hanger-piece which is united to said body, said hanger-piece having a central loop or eye which is prolonged or extended beyond the fabric body, and is adapted to be held on the stud of a corset-clasp by the eye thereof for the purposes described, substantially as set forth.

4. A stocking supporter consisting of a hanger having the metallic hanger-plate provided with a central loop or eye and the ears at the ends of said plate and the fabric body having its layers united to the hanger-plate to inclose the latter, the eyelets secured to the ears of the hanger-plate and to the layers of said body, the suspension-elastics united to fabric body at the edge opposite thehangerplate, and the connecting tapes or elastics connected adjustably to the suspension-elastics and provided with the clasps, substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

REDDIN \V. PARRAHORE. 

